A monk says morning prayers.

Shwedagon Pagoda (Shwedagon Zedi Daw) is the very heart of Myanmar.

For the story that accompanies these photos, please check out my PhotoBlog: www.ursulasweeklywanders.com/culture/the-heart-of-myanmar...

Walking along the jetty at Tanjung Sepat, a small fishing village about 1.5 hours south of Kuala Lumpur by car, I chanced upon a string of prayer flags strung on the jetty.

It's not a common sight - and it doesn't look local either - but I guess some fisherman somewhere must be thinking he can use all the bits of good tidings he can get.

Shot at an orphanage near Avadi

I thought this statue looked like an angel praying, perhaps, for the people who live in the apartment behind her.

Although angels are part of a few stories appearing in the Bible, there are no biblical references to wings. We tend to think of heavenly beings with feathery wings thanks go the interpretations of Medieval artists.

Prayer wheels in Kathmandu.

See Wikipedia for background on prayer wheels.

Tiles with prayers at the Beomeosa Temple - South Korea

Beomeosa (Temple of the Nirvana Fish) is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism in Cheongnyong-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, South Korea. Built on the slopes of Geumjeongsan, it is one of the country's leading urban temples.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beomeosa

Prayer wheels outside Kyichu Lhakhang

October 16, 2010 Prayer Vigil at Sant'Andrea della Valle

Photograph by: Steven Scardina _MG_8532

Delegates gather for a prayer breakfast with territorial and international leaders

9/15/12

Wheaton

Canon EOS 550D

Tamron SP AF28-75mm F/2.8

An altered vintage Hymn and Prayer book. Done with tons of vintage ephemera, prayer cards, millinary, linen, lace, ribbon and mica

blogged at

littlejunkshop.blogspot.com

Prayer Wheels at the Jade Peak Monastery (Yu Feng Si)

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yalta, Crimea

View on fluidr

lighting the prayers

October 16, 2010 Prayer Vigil at Sant'Andrea della Valle

Photograph by: Steven Scardina _MG_8594

After solah.

Flags on trail t a monastary on a hill

Prayer Lights at the Church of St. Joseph and St. Conal in Bruckless, County Donegal, Ireland.

B l a c k M a g i c

Prayer Walk

Angle statue guarding atop a gravesite in Wells, ME. Her expression is so dear.

This 2000 Kenworth W900 is owned by Tom and Maryann Quick. The photo was taken at the Lights Night at the 2008 Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Ky.

A Buddhist novice monk sitting at the white temple in sunny day.

rejoicingcrafts.com/2016/01/25/sss-prayers-lasting-hearts...

February 16th, 2010

Prayer candles on Mt. Emei in Emei Shan, China from this blog entry: prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/C1705165967/E20081030160...

Samsung digital camera

Prayers tied to a string in Ueno Park, Tokyo

prayer for some thing!

Found this praying mantis in the branches of a tree near my apartment.

I have another image on flickr of the prayer flags that may be my favorite disney image. This is a unique perspective of those flags

all day everyday

ArtPrize 2011

Grand Rapids, MI

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty Dargah, Ajmer, Rajasthan.

nails, enamel, acrylic on wood. 12"x12"

sold at auction event Art With Care, Sag Harbor, NY

Art With Care a benefit cocktail party showcasing the work of local artists. 3/7/09 6 to 8 p.m. Ziggy’s restaurant, Bridgehampton/Sag Harbor Turnpike. $40/$50. Open bar, hors d’oeuvres, piano music, silent art auction and raffle, dancing to deejay music. Benefits WITH Care, a non-profit membership organization dedicated to addressing the needs of women and families on the East End.

more hammered nail pieces in the set

Now, in Stanage Plantation this would count as sacriligious despoilation of a fine boulder, although 'crimping on a prayer' may ring a boulder's bell or two.

Read Masnoon Prayers (Islamic Dua)

www.darsequran.com/prayers/prayers.php

Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Varanasi - India

Prayer flag